Subjects  |  Benefactor

Chartered Institute of Journalists

Created at the Grand Hotel in Birmingham as the National Association of Journalists.  Described on the Stead memorials as "journalists of many lands".

Group, Benefactor, Journalism / Publishing

C. F. K.

Could this be? No, surely not. Could it be.... Charles Foster Kane?Funded the erection of a water trough shortly after 1901.

Person, Benefactor

Queen Victoria's Kensington subjects

"... her loyal Kensington subjects" which probably means some of the wealthy people who lived in Kensington.

Group, Benefactor

nursing staff of the King George WW1 military hospital, Stamford Street

Group, Benefactor, Medicine

Mrs S. F. Kirby

A pdf from RBKC tells us that SFK is "Mrs Kirby, who sponsored nine other drinking fountains in London".

Person, Benefactor

Kleinwort Benson

Private banking company.

Group, Benefactor, Commerce

Lady Kortright

Aided by Andrew Behan we have found two candidates for the Lady Kortright who gave the funds to the Grosvenor Hospital but cannot conclusively identify her. See what you think… One candidate is th...

Person, Benefactor, USA

Marmaduke Langdale

Active in 1859. Via JudyGr we found "1794: Langdale Marmaduke & Thomas, Distillers, 26, Holborn", mentioned in Dickens' 'Barnaby Rudge'. A connection seems very likely. 2018: The British Museu...

Person, Benefactor, Commerce

friends and followers of Wilfred Lawson

Lawson's friends and followers erected the memorial to him in Embankment Gardens.

Group, Benefactor

Douglas and Dorothy Lea

Group, Benefactor